Emergency Shelters
En español » The emergency shelter at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa is closed. Emergencies can turn our lives upside down. After being evacuated from your home,…
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Emergency Shelters
Department of Child Support Services implemented broad changes during and after the Sonoma Complex fires, many of which stay relevant today
The 2017 wildfires forced county departments to rapidly change the way they served the public. Many county agencies, including the Department of Child Support Services, found those changes were not…
read moreEconomic Development Board helped chart course for economic recovery after fires
Before the 2017 wildfires, Sonoma County’s Economic Development Board convened the regional business community to create Strategic Sonoma, a five-year plan adopted by the Board of Supervisors in 2018 and…
read moreCounty adopts lessons from 2017 fires to support agriculture, keep farmworkers safe during evacuations
The challenge quickly became clear during the 2017 wildfires: Sonoma County needed new rules that would keep farmworkers safe while providing local grape growers, ranchers and other agricultural companies some…
read moreCounty overhauls approach to evacuation hubs, emergency shelters during disasters
After experiencing major wildfires in three of the last five years, savvy Sonoma County families have “go bags” stocked in advance with essentials in case they must flee their homes…
read moreTsunami in Sonoma County
En español » A tsunami is a series of ocean waves caused by large displacement of water, such as earthquakes, underwater landslides, volcanic eruptions, or asteroids. The Pacific Ocean Coast and…
read morePublic Safety Power Shutoff Messaging Resources
En español » Everything you need to help amplify important emergency preparedness messages in your community. Includes personal messages from community preparedness leaders in popular social media sizes (available to…
read moreOrder of the Health Officer of the County Of Sonoma C19-35
Requires postponing or canceling large gatherings of more than 50 people indoors and 100 people outdoors (where social distancing is not feasible) from Jan. 12-Feb. 11. read more
Order of the Health Officer of the County of Sonoma C19-33
Requires that workers in schools are both vaccinated and, when eligible, boosted, or test twice per week. read more
Order of the Health Officer of the County of Sonoma C19-32
Requires that personnel in law enforcement, fire, EMS, pharmacies, dental offices and temporary disaster shelters to be both vaccinated and boosted if eligible or test twice per week. read more